Drilling machine



DRILLING MACHINE Filed.Nov. 26. 1930 8 Sheets-Sheet l /aoL Oct. 25, 1932.

J. W. LEE

DRILLING MACHINE Filed NOV. 26. 1930 8 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 25, 193

J. w. LEE 1,883,993

DRILLING MACHINE Filed Nov. 26, 19550 8 Sheets-Sheet 3 Oct. 25, 1932. J. w. LEE

DRILLING MACHINE Filed Nov. 26. 1930 BvSheets-Sheet 4 .YANN

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Oct. 25, 1932. 1 W, LEE 1,883,993

DRILLI NG MACHINE Filed Nov. 26. 1930 8 Sheets-Sheet 5 Od. 25, 1932. 1, W LEE 1,883,993

DRILLING MACHINE Filed Nov. 26. 1930 8 Sheets-Sheet 6 Oct. 25, 1932. J. w. LEE

DRILLING MACHINE 8 Sheets-Sheet 7 Filed Nov. 2S, 1930 Oct. 25, "1. W- LEE DR I LLI NG MACHI NE Filed Nov. 25. 1930 B Sheets-Sheet 8 TOP VERTICAL CENTER LEFT DRILL STARTS TO CUT RIGHT DRILL STARTS TO CUT CHUCK GRIPS WORK LEFT DRILL POINT .O50 IH.

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Patented ct. 25, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN W. LEE, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO DELCO PRODUCTS CORPORATION, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE DRILLING MACHINE Application led November 26, 1930. Serial No. 498,471.

This invention relates to improvements in along the line 8 8 of Fig. 5, certain exterior drilling machines.

Itis among the objects of the present invention to provide a. machine adapted to drill a hole through a piece of work and chamfer both ends thereof.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an automatic drilling machine, capable of doing the work of a plurality of ordinary drill presses, and which requires the services of an operator for loading purposes only.

The above objects are attained in the present machine by providing two oppositely disposed drill heads, coaxially aligned, and movable longitudinally, control mechanism moving said drill heads toward each other substantially concurrently, said control mechanism, however, moving one drill so that it compietes its portion of the hole through the work piece and starts to withdraw before the other drill cuts its portion of the hole to communicate with the first drilled hole portion.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of one form of the present invention is clearly shown.

Tn the drawings:

Fig. lis a fragmentary perspective view of the improved drilling machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the machine, a portion thereof being broken away more clearly to illustrate certain interior mechanism.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the machine with a portion of the casing broken away to show interior construction.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the machine taken substantially along the line 5 5 of Fiff. 4, the base portion of the machine being broken away.

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 6, taken substantially along the line 7 7 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view taken parts being omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 9 is a transverse section taken along the line 9 9 of Fig. 5, parts outside the hub member of the machine being omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. l() is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the chuck controlling mechamsm.

Fig. ll is a detailed sectional view taken substantially along the line 11 11 of Fig. l0. 60 Fig. l2 is a diagrammatic view showing the relative position of the drill members to the work piece at diiferent points in the cycle of machine operation.

Referring particularly to the Fig. 5, it will be seen that the portions of the machine on each side of the center line 20 are substantially identical and therefore, for the sake of brevity, only one side thereof will be described detailedly.

Referring particularly to the portion of the machine to the right of the centerline 20, whose parts will be designated by reference numerals carrying the sux R, meaning right, 2l designates the main base portion 75 carrying an end frame 22R comprising a cylindrical housing portion 23R. This end frame 22R is properly spaced from the center line 2O of the machine. Its outer, open end has a cover consisting of portions 24R and 25R forming a chamber 25E. A bushing 27B is screwed into a central opening in portion 25H, this central opening being substantially coaxial of the cylindrical housing portion 23R. The inner end of the end frame 22R has a recess into which a bearing sleeve 28B snugly ts. The bearing sleeve 28B is secured to the stationary end frame 22R by screws 29B. This bearing sleeve carries a o member the ring is provided with an internal gear 35B. The ring 32B provides a bearing supporting the carriage This carage has spaced wall portions 317B and 3BR. Coaxially aligned holes in the said wall portions 37B and 38B of the carriage are provided with bearings in which shafts 39B are journalled. In the Fig. T is will be seen that six of these shafts are supported between the walls 37B- and 38B in a circular row, equally spaced from each other. Each shaft 39B supports a gear 40B. Other align l holes in the walls 37B and SSR are provided with bearings in which shafts Lilli are journalled. These shafts each support a gear -l-Qll. The shafts Llllt are arranged in a circular row and so spaced that the gears 42B, supported thereby, each mesh with two adjacent gears OR respectively. rlhis is clearly illustrated in the Fig. 7.

The shaft 31B mentioned heretofore as being journalled in the bearing 30B of the end frame member 22R, has a gear r-llt secured thereto which is driven by a power means, to bepdescribed. This gear is attached to the shaft 31B, in any suitable manner, a collar 4GB, screwed upon shaft 31B, preventing its accidental removal. Shaft Sill. has an outwardly extending, annular flange TR which has a plurality of openings therein, in propl erly spaced relation for receiving the headed ends of the bolts corresponding to bolts lL. It will be understood that a series of bolts 8L extend through openings in the flange 7L of the shaft BlL as well as flange li/'lt of shaft Slll. These bolts @L are shown in Fig. 5 and the corresponding bolts Slt are not shown due to the direction in which the section in Fig. 5 is taken and also due to the staggered relation between the right and left bolts for purposes to be described. bolts 48K and L are provided in pairs and between each two adjacent bolts there is provided a locating dowel pin 49 as illustrated in l'. As shown on the left side of the center line Q0 of Fig. 5, bolts LlSL pass through channels in the carriage 36L and are screwed into threaded openings provided in the hub meinber 50 of the machine. The saine is true also of the bolts 48B which, though not appearing in the right side of the sectional *View 5 pass through similar channels in the carriage and scr .v-threadedly engage the hub member 50, thus tying together the hub member 50, the carriages 36B and Stili and the hollow shafts 31B and SlL and thereby causing these parts to rotate in unison. ln order to avoid twisting torque, the shaft Sill is provided with a driving gear loll corresponding to the driving gear 45B. Y

In each end of the tubular shaft Sill a roller bearing 51B is pi'ovided, the inner race each of said bearings 51B rotatably supporting a tubular shaft within the hollow shaft 31B. The one end of he tubular shaft fill. extends beyond *le one bearing lll into the chain 2' and has a driving sprocket 53E secure@ ber so that said shal driving sprocket. providing an oi.. Lirower t with the shaft 52E and .subsany lubricant within the cl uber of the ond housing from leaking out tirough the bushing screw Q'Tll in end coter the end frame. lt the inner end of the shaft 52B there is secured a which, as shown in the Figs. 5 and 7, meshes with the three gears llll, each of which in turn driving'ly engage two of the gears elOll.

The carriage Still as shown in the Tdigs. l, and 'l supports a plurality of drill heads GOB. upon irs outer y eriphery, equally spaced from each other. Each drill head comprises a. housing @lll supported upon the carriage so as to move longitudinally thereof. These housings Gll?. have oppositely disposed feet which lit in channels formed by guideways 62B. seein-ed to the carriage by the clamp plates GSR screwed to the carriage. At each end of each drill head housing Gill there is provided a roller bearing Gel-lt rotai ably supporting a hollow shaft 65B.. ,Vithin the housing @lll the hollow shaft carries a gear GGR so as to rotate with said shaft, this gear in turn meshingwith the adjacent gear 40B supported bj the shaft 3 of l t which rotates ntially prevents m the carriage. .i he end of the hollow shaft Still, more adyacent the center line 2O of the machine, is split, having a clamping screw collar GTR provided thereon which is adapted to control the collet GSR which holds the drill 69B. of the drill head. Each drill of every drill head has a straight portion 70B for cutting a hole in the workpiece and a tapered portion 71B for counter-sinking the hole. l

Within the annular cammino' slot 34H of the ring 32 there areV provided a plurality of cani followers 72B, one for each drill head. Each cam follower is rotatably carried by a stud 73B the head portion of which lits into a slide member 7 fin adjuslina` rod 75B has one end anchored in the drillhead housing 6lR, the other end of the rod extending slidably through a passage in the slide member. Adiusting nuts on the rod 75B permit the position of the drill head relative to its respective cani follower to be altered. From this it may be seen. that each drill head s operatively connected with a cam follower 7 in the annular cam slot l/ll'l. T he means connecting the drill head with the cam follower is adjustable so that the position of the drill head relative to its cam follower may be adjusted by the operation of the nuts on the screw-threaded rod 75l?. whereby compensations may be made when new drills are placed within the drill head.

The space between the inner corresponding walls 3YR and BFL of the opposirely disposed carriages SBR and S6L containsthe hub member 50 of the machine which, as has been described rotates in unison with said two carriages due to the studs 4S connecting said hubs to said carriages.

Referring particularly to the Figs. 5, 6, 10 and 11, the hub member 50 is shown comprising a center body portion S0 having spaced radial arms S1. Spaces S2 are formed between adjacent radial arms in which the work holders and their operating members are provided. On each side of the central body portion S0 of the hub member 50 there is provided a triangularly shaped recess, the one on the right side of the center line 20 being designated by the numeral SSR and on the left side of the center line by the numeral SSL. The Fig. 6 clearly illustrates the recess SSR. Alternate radial arms S1 of the hub member 50 have ducts S4 which communicate with the recess SSR, said ducs terminating in the outer peripheral wall of said radial arms. Similar ducts in the other alternate arms S1 of the hub member 50 lead from the r-ecess SSL to the outer peripheral surface of these respective radial arms on said hub member. On each side of the hub member 50 there is a screw threaded opening communicating with the respective recesses SSB. and SSL, these openings receiving a nipple 85B and S5L respectively. An opening in the nipple 85B coaxial with the hub member 50 screw-threadedly receives one end of a pipe SGR, this pipe passing through the tubular shaft 52B and through the bushing 271i to the outside of the machine where it connects with a rotating joint STR having the stationary pipe SSR also connected thereto. Pipe SSl` leads to a force pump S9 which is adapted to force lubricant through the pipe SSR and the rotating joint STR- into the rotating pipe SGR and thence into the recess SSR and from said recess through duct S4 to the coupling 90, one of which is screw threaded into each one of the ducts S4 provided in the radial arms of the hub member. A similar pipe S6L is provided in the left hand side of the machine connecting with a rotating joint SZL which has the feed pipe SSL connected thereto leading from the lubricant force feed pump S9 and thus directing lubricant to the recess SSL and to the ducts radiating therefrom.

The hub member 50 carries bearing rings 90B and L, one on each side the center 20 of the machine, each bearing ring in turn supporting an annular member 91B and L respectively. The outer edges of each of these annular members engage with the respective walls of their adjacent carriages and, being carried by the bearing rings 90B and L which tend to rotate with the hub member 50. these annular members have a tendency to rotate therewith. At the inner end of each annular member there is provided an internal camming face 92, the contour of this camming face being clearly shown in the Fig. 6. At the outer edges of the annular members an internal gear 9S is provided, the teeth of this internal gear being of a similar pitch as the internal gear 35B and SL of the respective rings SQR and S2L. The camming surfaces 92 are provided for operating the chucks so that they will be opened and closed at proper stations in the cycle of machine operation. To do this it becomes necessary to prevent rotation of the annular members 91B and L and thus there is provided in each carriage spaced shafts 95, rotatably ournalled in each carriage 86E and S6L. Similar pinions are attached to each end of each shaft, the pinions at the ends of the shafts closer to the center of the machine being designated by the numeral 96 and meshing with the internal gear 9S of the. annular members 91K and L, while the gears more remote from the center of the machine, or at the opposite end of shafts 95, are designated by the numerals 97 and mesh with the internal gears provided on stationary ring members 32B- and L. Thus the shafts 95 and their respective gears 96 and 9? may be termed traveling connect-ions between similar internal gears, of which 32B and L are stationary and the other 9S being of similar dimensions and having a tendency to rotate, but being held non-rotative due to this connection with the stationary internal gear.

lt has been mentioned heretofore that spaces S2 between adjacent radiating arms S1 of the hub member form chambers in which the work holders or chucks and their control mechanisms are contained. The annular members 91B and L support a collar comprising two oppositely disposed disc portions 100B and 100L which lit rotatably upon the outer peripheral surface of inwardly eXtending flanges provided on said annular members. These two disc portions 100 form a collar and are held in spaced relation by spacing rolls 101 arranged in a circular row so that radial lines passing from the center of the machine through the center of each drill head 60, carried by the respective carriages, will intersect the axis of a spacing member 101. The work holders or chucks comprise oppositely disposed lever jaws 102 pivotally carried on shafts 10S interposed between the annular discs 100B- and L. The ends of these pivotal levers opposite the jaws 102 each have a conecting link 10S pivotally secured to a plunger 104 slidably supported in a recess 105 provided in the hub member 50. A. spring 106 in the recess 105 normally urges the plunger 104 out of said recess and thus the levers carrying jaws 102 have their inner ends forced outwardly, resulting in a closing` of the jaws 102 wherebylv the workpiece 107 in the form of a pin in this instance is gripped between the jaws 102. The spacing members 101 acting also as asupporting hinge pin between the jaw levers having its center intersected by a radial line of the machine also intersecting a drill head will substantially bring the center of the pin or workpiece 107 i in alignment with the drills 09B and L of the corresponding drill heads so that said drills may out a hole through the shaft of the pin 107 in proper position. llach plunger 104 has a cross shaft 109 extending from each side of said plunger, the ends of said cross shaft 109 having cam following rolls 110 provided thereon which are maintained in engagement with the camming surfaces 92 of the annular members 91B and L by the springs 106. Thus it may be seen that as the rotor rotates relative to the stationary annular members 91B and L, cam followers 110 moving over the deviating cam surfaces 92 of said annular members will move the plungers 104 in the respective recesses 105 and thereby operate the aw levers whereby the work holders or chucks will be opened and closed at proper stations an d intervals in the cycle of machine operation.

As shown in Fig. 6 a chuck is provided between each correspondin and aligned pair of drill heads of the respective carriages 36B and L. Camming surfaces 92 are so arranged that the chucks will be brought to grip the work at which time the drilling operation occurs and then said chuck will be opened widely during another portion of the machine operation whereby the work may drop from the. chuck and then at another portion" of the cycle of operation the chuck is close to the work receiving position wh ere the operator may insert a workpiece or pin 107 Y into the chuck, said workpiece again being gripped at a point further on in the cycle of machine operation.

The couplings 90 have U-shaped pipes 112 leading therefrom, one branch of each U- shaped pipe directing a flow of fluid upon one side of the work holding chuck, the other branch upon the other side of said chuck whereby fluid is fed directly upon the workpiece in the chuck while the drills are cutting he holes therein. It will be understood of course that these feed pipes 112 are mounted il upon and rotate with the hub assembly.

The cam slots 34H and S4L of the rings 32B and 32L respectively are of such a conformation that both drill heads are moved substr. itially concurrently toward the chuck l" whereby the hole through 'he workpiece is cut from both sides substantially concurrently. ln order to prevent meeting of the drills in the workpiece the one cam moves its row of drill heads so that within the proper time these drills will cut a hole into the workpiece past the center thereof and then start to withdraw said drills before the drills of the opposite carriage drill heads reach the center of the workpiece. The said other drills will not cut their holes to communicate with the holes cut by the first mentioned drills before said first mentioned drills are partly withdrawn from their holes in the workpiece. Thus a meeting of the drills, which would cause damage, is substantially prevented.

Oilers 120 are provided in each end of the machine directing lubricant through the channels 121, 122 and 123 to the bearings and into the chamber B from whence the lubricant may -flow through the channels 125, 126 and 127 to other portions of the machine requiring lubrication. Oiling of the left side of the machine occurs in a similar manner.

The Fig. 2 illustrates the motors 130B and L, the motor 130B being drivingly connected with the sprocket 53B through the chain connection 131i?U (see Fig. 4) whereby said motor drives the tubular shaft 52B which, as has been described, is operatively connected with the gears @6R adapted to drive the drills within the drill heads carried by the carriage SGR. In a similar manner motor 130L will drive all of the drills carried in the drill heads supported by the carriage SGL. In the Figs. 3 and 4 the method of driving the hub member between the carriages is clearly illustrated. As has been mentioned, the hollow shafts 31E and L which drive the carriages are provided with gears 45B and L. Each one of these gears are driven by a worm 145B and L respectively supported on a shaft 146 which in turn has a gear 147 thereon meshing with a worm not shown in the Fig. 3, but carried by the drive shaft 148 which also carries the sprocket wheel 149. Sprocket wheel 149 is driven by the motor 150 through chain 151 and thus motor 150 drivesthe shaft 146 which carries worm 145 meshing with the gear on the hollow shaft, said shaft being operatively connected with the respective carriage BGR. The shaft 148 extends to both sides of the machine, the connections between this shaft and the respective gears 45H and L being the same. The lub icant force feed pump 89 is driven by a chain 160 operatively connected with a sprocket on drive shaft 148. A handle 101 is provided on'the frame of the machine adapted to be moved into operating engagement with the drive shaft 148 -whereby the attendant may turn the machine in order properly to position the drill heads thereon. In Fig. 2 lines 150K and L are provided on the machine for machine setting purposes. To set the drill in proper position relative to the work the operator turns the handle 161 until one of the right drill heads coaxially aligns with said line 150By at which time its drill should begin to engage the work. By tle left drill heads with the line lOL the respective drills of the drill heads aligning with this line should begin to touch workpiece. If these adjustments are thus made, further operations of the machine will follow without danger of breakage.

The various operations of the drill heads have been graphically shown in the Fig. l2. The full line curve designated by the numeral 200 illustrates the path of movement of the left drill points while the dotted linecurve 201 illustrates the path of movement of the right drill point.` About these two lines 200 and 201 are shown the workpieces in their path of movement and two cooperating drills in their relative positions at various points in the cycle of machine operation. Starting at the radial line 300 it will be seen that the chuck closes at this point to work receiving position. As the chuck moves from the front horizontal line 00 through 55 degrees, the operator may load the chuck by inserting the workpiece therein, thisbeing termed the loading range of the machine. At the point indicated by radial line 301, the workpiece is gripped by the chuck and when the machine reaches the line 302 the left drill engages the workpiece and starts to cut while the right drill is still spaced from the workpiece. When the machine has rotated to the line 303, then the left drill has cut its way into the workpiece and the right drill just engages the work and starts to cut. At the line 304 the left drill has cut into the work substantially beyond the center thereof, practically reaching the limit of its cutting operation. The right drill, as may be seen, has cut its way partially into the workpiece, however a clearance of at least .030 0f an inch exists between drill heads. While the machine is moving from the line 304L to the line 305, the left drill will be moved out quickly by camf..-=, ming slot 841i as shown by the line 200, the

right drill still moving inwardly to cut its hole so as to communicate with the hole completed by the left drill. At the line 306 the right drill has completed its cutting operation and at 307 it will be moved out of the workpiece by the camming slot 34B so that at this pointthe workpiece has its hole completely drilled therethrough and as shown in this figure is chamfered at both ends. At the line 308 the chuck opens widely, permitting the work to fall out of the chuck and through a proper guideway directed to the finished work receptacle. At the line 800 this chuck will again close.

lt will be seen that the machine being provided with twelve drill heads is capable of replacing twelve ordinary drill presses and being of an entirely automatic character, requires an attendant only for loading purposes.

While the form of embodiment of the present invention as herein disclosed, constitutes a preferred form, it is to be understood that other forms might be adopted, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is as follows:

l. A machine for drilling a hole through a piece of work and chamfering each end of the hole comprising, in combination, two spaced, stationary end frames; a bearing sleeve attached to and extending from each end frame, said bearing sleeves being coaxially aligned; a ring about each bearing sleeve clamped upon the respective frame by said sleeve, each ring having an internal gear at its end more remote from the frame and an annular Cam slot in its outer peripheral surface; a carriage rotatably supported upon each ring; a driving member journalled in each bearing -sleeve and attached to the carriage on the ring of the respective frame; a plurality of drill heads on each carriage, equally spaced and movable longitudinally thereto, each drill head having a rotating drill extendingtcward the drill head on the opposite carriage, corresponding drill head on the respective carriages being in coaxial alignment; a hub member supported between the two carriages; means attaching the hub member to said carriages so that they all rotate in unison; bearing rings about said hub member; annular members upon said rings, the edges thereof engaging the respective carriages tending to rotate said annular members internal camming surfaces in said members; an internal gear in each one of said members, similar to the internal gear of the rings attached to the end frames; shafts rotatably carried by the carriages; similar pinions at the ends of the shafts, meshing respectively with the internalgears of the stationary ring and an annular member adjacent thereto thus maintaining said annular members non-rotative; a collar rotatably supported upon the annular members; work holders on said collar, one between each two corresponding drill heads; means operatively connecting the collar with the hub member so that the two rotate together; said means having provisions engaging the camming surfaces of the two annular members which operate the work holders; cam followers in the annular cam slot of each ring carried by a bearing sleeve; means connecting each drill head with a cam follower whereby aligned drill head on the respective carriages are moved toward each other substantially concurrently the camming slot of the one, however, moving it so that its drill cuts its hole and begins to retract before the drilll of the opposite head cuts its hole to communicate with the said lirst drilled portion thereof.

2. A machine for drilling a hole in a piece of work comprising, in combination, two oppositely disposed, stationary end frame members each having a cylindrical portion in coaxial alignment with the other; a bearing in each of said members; a hollow shaft journalled in each of said bearings, each shaft being provided with a driving gear; a flange on each of said shafts; a carriage rotatably supported by each end frame member; a plurality of drill heads on each carriage; a hub member supported between the two carriages said hub member having recesses on each side thereof and channels radiating from said recesses, said channels in turn communicating With ducts leading to the outer surface of said hub member; means operatively connecting the hub member With the carriages and the carriages With the flanges on the respective hollow shafts so that all will rotate together; bearing rings on the hub member; an annular member carried by each bearing ring; means for holding the annular members stationary; a ring rotatably carried by the annular members, a plurality of Work holding chucks on said ring; tubes connecting with the respective ducts of the hub member and leading to the respective chucks to discharge lubricant upon the Work held therein; a tubular shaft journalled Within each hollow shaft; gearing operatively connecting the tubular shaft with the drill heads on the respective carriages; means for driving said tubular shafts; a nipple on each side of the hub member communicating with the recess therein; and a pipe Within each tubular shaft, connected With the respective nipple each pipe being adapted to be exteriorly connected with a rotatable joint whereby lubricant is directed through the rotating pipes and nipples into the recesses and ducts of the hub member and through the tubes to the Work pieces in the chucks.

In testimony whereof I hereto aHiX my signature.

JOHN W. LEE. 

